Hat-pin-point protector.



M. STRBA.

HAT PIN POINT PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23, 1911.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

n all WITNESSES:

INVENTOR.

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MICI-IAL STRIBA, 0F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOSTANKO BARTEC, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAT-PIN-POINT PROTECTOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MIOHAL STRBA, a subject of the King of Hungary,residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pin-Point Protectors, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a hat pin point protector, and the objects ofmy invention are to provide a guard that can be easily and quicklymounted upon the pointed end of a pin to protect the same and persons inthe vicinity of the point, and to provide a device that can be easilyplaced upon the end of a pin to prevent the same from being lost oraccidentally displaced relatively to a hat.

I attain the above objects by a guard having a yieldable insert adaptedto frictionally engage the pointed end of a pin to prevent accidentaldisplacement of the guard. The guard is susceptible to any desiredornamentation, particularly that which will harmonize with the head of apin.

The invention will be hereinafter specifically described and thenclaimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1is a side elevation of the pin point protector attached to a hat pin,Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the same the hat pinbeing broken away, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal. sectional view taken onthe line 33 of Fig. 2.

To put my invention into practice, I provide an elongated sleeve member1 having an eccentrically disposed bore for the major portion of itslength, the inner end of the sleeve member 1 has beveled or taperedwalls 3 to provide an entrance opening which communicates with the bore2. The center of the bore 2 is displaced to one side of the entranceopening. The tapered walls 3 are for the purpose of guiding the pointedend 4 of the hat pin 5 into the sleeve. By reason of the eccentricity ofthe bore throughout the major portion of the length of the sleeve member1, a shoulder 11 is formed in the sleeve adjacent the inner end thereof,and fitted in the portion 6 of the bore which is of larger diameter is ayieldable gripping member 7 preferably made of rubber or other suitableyielding material, and which Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 23, 1911.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

Serial No. 634,900.

member at its inner end seats against the shoulder 11 and has its outerend 9 of full diameter so as to completely close the outer end of thebore 2. From the inner end of the member 7 and extending to the innerend of said member, the same is provided with a longitudinal groovesubstantially crescent-shaped in cross-section so that the pin shankwhen received in the bore is engaged on one side thereof by theyieldable member 7 and its other side is engaged with the wall of thebore 2. The closed outer end of the yieldable member 7 forms a stop forthe point of the pin 5 to prevent the same protruding beyond the sleevemember 1. I preferably provide the outer end of the 'sleeve member 1with a suitable cap or head 10 secured to the sleeve member 1 in anysuitable or desired manner.

The longitudinal groove made in the yielding member 7 is of such sizethat the passage-way formed by said groove and by the adjacent wall ofthe sleeve for the entrance of the pin, is of less diameter than thediameter of the pin so that as the latter is inserted into the sleevemember, it will be frictionally engaged not only by the yielding member7 but also on one side by the wall of the sleeve bore. This frictionalengagement serves to securely hold the protector upon the pin point, yetpermits ready detachment thereof from the pin when desired, without thenecessity of employing fastening devices which must be loosened beforethe protector can be removed from the pointed end of the pin.

IVhat I claim is In a hat pin point protector, a sleeve member having abore provided with a concentric and an eccentric port-ion, saidconcentric portion arranged at the inner end of the sleeve and beingrelatively short with respect to the length of the sleeve, saideccentric portion extending from the concentric portion to the outer endof the sleeve and forming at its terminus with said concentric portion ashoulder, the inner portion of said concentric part of said boreflaring, a head mounted upon the outer end of said sleeve and inclosingthe outer end of the eccentric portion of said bore, and a yieldablegripping member mounted in and snugly engaging the wall of the eccentricportion of said bore, said member abutting against said shoulder andextending to the outer end of gripping member provided in its peripherysaid eccentric portion of said bore, the said In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

With a groove extending from the inner end thereof to a point in closeproximity to the MICHAL STRBA' outer end thereof, the inner end of saidgroove registering With the concentric portion of said bore.

Witnesses:

T. DENsEN, MAX H. SRoLovrrz.

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